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You might be right but it would be far far far too expensive to look at things this way. The hope was that the community would at least contribute back enough
by burtonator 8y ago
You might be right but it would be far far far too expensive to look at things this way.
The hope was that the community would at least contribute back enough funds so that I wouldn't have to go out of pocket.
I mean I've literally LOST money open sourcing this even excluding my time to build it.
I'm -$1250 or so at this point.
- DoreenMichele 8y agoYou know, if you are willing to work for free, that's your call. You can ignore that piece if that is not your cup of tea. I'm just trying to tell you that if you want the community to cough up money, the thing you need to communicate is "Hey, I need X amount of money to do this thing to make this product better." That is much more likely to get you money than begging for "donations." But, honestly, $88/mo at this early stage is quite good. And if you only need another $112/mo to meet your goal, to my mind, that's an easy sell. You just need to spell that out to people "Hey, cool, thanks for all the love. We have $88/mo though we are brand spanking new. But what I would really like is $200/mo so I can add this other thing. Only $112 to go! Woot!"